Exploring User Level Access for Databases
I recently worked with a customer on the following use case. They've successfully integrated Active Directory logins with Foglight and wish to match up an AD Group with a group on the Databases dashbo...
Series Finale – Automating Foglight Blackouts
Way back in 2020, these posts formed the building blocks of using the command line to automate alarm blackouts in Foglight: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In Part 3, we looked at adding objects (instances, hos...
Tips for User-Defined Queries in Foglight – Part 3
By now you may have noticed that I focus on parts of Foglight that you can easily customize in order to solve your specific use cases. We'll build on the previous post on User-Defined Collections (UDC...
Tips for User-Defined Queries in Foglight – Part 2
In this post, some tips for working with User-Defined Queries (UDC's) were introduced. We left off with the idea of creating a custom dashboard showing UDC results from multiple instances. The Fogligh...
Welcome to the Jungle – Amazon Cloud Deployments Part 3 (3)
Hey look, an Amazon Cloud! To recap, Part 1 covers 'As A Service' (...aaS) options - https://www.quest.com/community/blogs/b/performance-monitoring/posts/are-your-database-implementations-becoming-a...
Hands-On, Heads-Up, Heads-Together
These are difficult times we are in now but we will persevere. Hopefully, you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy. Most of us are anxious to get back to some sort of normalcy. But, for no...
Another Use Case for Database Groups
On the Foglight for Databases main dashboard, you can create groupings of instances. These can be used to filter the dashboard, enable easier user-level access, and even allow fine tuning of alarms. ...
A Review of Postgres version 12
Postgres version 12 is here. Did you miss its introduction like me? My excuse is the year-end holidays (what's yours?). Well, version 13 isn't planned for release until the fall, so there's plenty of...
(Another) Foglight Countdown!
( * This blog has been updated from last year's.... ) We have all done it. We think we know the lyrics to a song. We sing them passionately….and incorrectly. Here are a few classics. “Excuse me whi...
Can you believe this Administration?!
What’s that you say? You think it may not be appropriate that a technology blog dive into politics? Agreed. Instead, this blog highlights the breadth of Administration capabilities available in Foglig...
We Put It On Our Tab – Complementary Oracle Monitoring with Foglight Pt 3 (of 3) – CRS and Exadata
This blog series discusses each of the ‘tabs’ that can be found on the Database Home page in Foglight for Oracle. These monitoring options come included at no additional cost and illustrate how broad ...
We Put It On Our Tab – Complementary Oracle Monitoring with Foglight Pt 2 – ASM
This blog series discusses each of the ‘tabs’ that can be found on the Database Home page in Foglight for Oracle. Part 1 of the blog covers Foglight’s monitoring for Oracle’s Data Guard. https://www.q...